'Peace within the realms of the possible'? David Trimble, unionist ideology and theatrical politics

Terrorism and Political Violence

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 462-482

  Dixon, Paul ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8744246502     PISSN: 09546553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546550490509793     Document Type: Review

References (70)

1. Ibid., pp.9-10.
2. Interview with 'punishment' beating victim, 25 January 2000.
3. Sinn Fein were excluded from the multi-party talks when they opened in June 1996 as the IRA were not on cease fire, they were also excluded in the period from 20 February-9 March 1998, following the IRAs involvement in the killing of alleged drug dealer Brendan Campbell and the UDAs Robert Dougan. The Ulster Democratic Party were also excluded from 26 January-23 February 1998 following the UFFs involvement in sectarian murders including those of Larry Brennan and Benedict Hughes. For more information, see McKittrick et al. (note 45).
4. Quoted in R. Donnelly, 'Mowlam Says No Evidence of Paramilitaries Breaking Cease fires', Irish Times (3 December 1998) p.6.
5. Mo Mowlam quoted in the News Letter (27 August 1999) p.5.
6. Channel 4 News, 21 May 2000.
7. B. McCaffrey and S. O'Neill, 'Republican Shootings Halted "by September 11th", Irish News (16 November 2001) p.1.
8. The LVF have been on cease fire since the 15 May 1998.
9. See Chris Thornton, "kidnap" threat to peace process', Belfast Telegraph (23 February 2004) p.1.
10. Sofne writers such as Vincent Kearney, 'Hidden Agenda to IRA hits on drug dealers', Sunday Times, 15 February 1998, claim that the IRA is deeply involved in the drugs trade. Others including John Morgan and Max Taylor, 'Playing the "Green Card"-Financing the Provisional IRA', Terrorism and Political Violence 11/2 (1999) pp.1-38 take a more cautious view and await clear evidence of IRA involvement in drugs.
11. Sofne writers such as Vincent Kearney, 'Hidden Agenda to IRA hits on drug dealers', Sunday Times, 15 February 1998, claim that the IRA is deeply involved in the drugs trade. Others including John Morgan and Max Taylor, 'Playing the "Green Card"-Financing the Provisional IRA', Terrorism and Political Violence 11/2 (1999) pp.1-38 take a more cautious view and await clear evidence of IRA involvement in drugs.
12. Speech by David Trimble MP on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, 10 December 1998.
13. This article is part of a wider project on theatrical politics and the peace process; see my web site www.nipolitics.com
14. This is a reference to Sir Basil Brooke, the future prime minister of Northern Ireland who, in 1933, boasted that he did not have a Roman Catholic about his own place.
15. Ed Moloney, 'A look at the referendum campaign', Sunday Tribune, 3 May 1998.
16. Paul Dixon, Northern Ireland: The Politics of War and Peace (Basingstoke: Palgrave 2001) Ch.2.
17. Norman Porter, Rethinking Unionism (Belfast: Blackstaff Press 1996).
18. Robert McCartney quoted in Porter (note 6) p.73.
19. Arthur Aughey, Under Siege: Ulster Unionism and the Anglo-Irish Agreement (Belfast: Blackstaff 1989) p.19.
20. Porter (note 6) p. 158.
21. Porter (note 6) p.179.
22. Porter (note 6) p.52.
23. Paul Dixon, 'Understanding Unionism: Ideology and Polities', Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 23/3 (2000) pp.205-13.
24. Colin Hay, Political Analysis (Basingstoke: Palgrave 2002) Ch.3.
25. David Trimble, To Raise Up a New Northern Ireland: Articles and Speeches 1998-2000 (Belfast: The Belfast Press 2001).
26. Trimble (note 14) p.40.
27. Michael Freeden, Ideology: A. Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003) pp.69-70.
28. Henry McDonald, Trimble (London: Bloomsbury 2000) p.319.
29. Ibid., p.321, p.222 and p.277.
30. Paul Dixon, 'Political Skills or Lying and Manipulation? The Choreography of the Northern Ireland Peace Process', Political Studies 50/3 (Autumn 2002) pp.725-41.
31. Porter (note 6) p.169.
32. Porter (note 6) p.170, p.216; and Norman Porter, Rethinking Unionism (Belfast: Blackstaff 2nd ed. 1998) p.xii.
33. Porter (note 6) p.170, p.216; and Norman Porter, Rethinking Unionism (Belfast: Blackstaff 2nd ed. 1998) p.xii.
34. Paul Dixon 'Paths to Peace in Northern Ireland I: Civil Society and Consociational Approaches', Democratization 4/2 (1997) pp.1-27; and Paul Dixon 'Paths to Peace in Northern Ireland II: Peace Process 1973-74, 1994-96', Democratization 4/3 (1997) pp.1-25.
35. Paul Dixon 'Paths to Peace in Northern Ireland I: Civil Society and Consociational Approaches', Democratization 4/2 (1997) pp.1-27; and Paul Dixon 'Paths to Peace in Northern Ireland II: Peace Process 1973-74, 1994-96', Democratization 4/3 (1997) pp.1-25.
36. Paul Bew, 'Good Friday Man?' Times Literary Supplement (8 January 1999) p.5.
37. Trimble (note 14) p.41-2.
38. Trimble (note 14) p.10, elsewhere 1987 is seen as the beginning of the road that led to the agreement, p.18 and p.25.
39. Trimble (note 14) p.50.
40. The Irish Times, 21 October 1996.
41. Trimble (note 14) p.79.
42. Trimble (note 14) p.65.
43. Dixon, 'Political Skills or Lying and Manipulation?' (note 19).
44. Porter (note 21) p.xiii.
45. Michael Freeden (ed.), Reassessing Political Ideologies (London: Routledge 2001) p.7 and p.139.
46. McDonald (note 17) compare the rational against emotional unionism of pp.137-9 with p.322 where an adviser urges Trimble to use emotion.
47. John D. Cash, Identity, Ideology and Conflict: The Structuration of Politics in Northern Ireland (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1996) p.69, see Ch.4.
48. Freeden, Ideology (note 16) p.120 and p.121.
49. Michael Freeden, 'The Ideology of New Labour', Political Quarterly 70/1 (Jan.-March 1999) p.45.
50. McDonald (note 17) p.157.
51. Freeden, Ideology (note 16) pp.56-7.
52. McDonald (note 17) p.223.
53. McDonald (note 17) p. 170 and p.224.
54. Fionnuala O'Connor, Breaking the Bonds: Making Peace in Northern Ireland (Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing 2002) pp.221-2.
55. Dixon, Northern Ireland (note 5) p.81.
56. Dixon, Northern Ireland (note 5) Ch.6.
57. Dixon, Northern Ireland (note, 5) pp.273-4; and McDonald (note 17) p.236 and p.305.
58. Dixon, Northern Ireland (note, 5) pp.273-4; and McDonald (note 17) p.236 and p.305.
59. O'Connor (note 41).
60. Deaglan de Breadun, The Far Side of Revenge: Making Peace in Northern Ireland (Cork: Collins Press 2001) p.276.
61. The Guardian, 17 November 1999.
62. The Observer, 4 June 2000.
63. Dixon, Northern Ireland (note 5) p.273.
64. McDonald (note 17) p.268.
65. Irish Times, 17 June 2003.
66. G. Evans and B. O'Leary, 'Northern Irish Voters and the British-Irish Agreement: Foundations of a Stable Consociational Settlement?', Political Quarterly 71/1 (Jan.-March 2000) pp.98-9.
67. Belfast Telegraph, 19 February 2003.
68. Belfast Telegraph, 14 November 2003.
69. Dixon, Northern Ireland (note 5) Ch.6.
70. Sunday Tribune, 30 November 2003.